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The six remaining wild-card places complete the list to find sports greatest champion

THERE are six wild cards remaining. Then the long shortlist is done and the final choice of our all-time greatest can be made. I know I’ve made a bit of a meal of the whole thing but other than the odd seven-year-old, who ever named McDonald’s as their best-ever meal? That’s my way of saying I have enjoyed lingering over the menu, and savoured the choices, conversations and insights I’ve gathered along the way.

And whereas knowing that Pelé and Maradona must be on the football list, or Nicklaus on golf’s, the problem with the wild-card list is that the